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A passion for gardening
Something about this place seems to inspire gardening in many people. I am not one of those people—my idea of gardening is buying a hanging basket of lobelia—but I admire their creations. Chris Reedy’s gardens spread right up to where the forest begins. The woman just doesn’t know when to quit. I like that about her. […]
Antrim weeds ‘n’ vines
June 20, 2009
Familiar wildflowers brighten the sandy roadsides of Antrim County, and the Dawsons’ vineyard is looking lush. Must be the beginning of summer. Not a moment too soon, either. Sandy soil and early summer flowers remind me of walking across the meadow with my grandmother, the timothy grass tickling my knees, startled by a grasshopper’s leap. […]
Unexpected mercies
June 19, 2009
I’d resigned myself to finding no morels this year when POP! – there they were this morning, great big ones. I cannot account for them, but I’m glad for them and have them soaking in salted water. There were new wildflowers, too, including the first tiny blooms on the wild geranium. There’s a lot of […]
Some days you get the bear, some days . . .
June 17, 2009
I ran into Jim Gainey at the Eastport Market. Would I like to see who came to visit his side yard on East Torch Lake Drive? I suspected I would. He whipped out his cellphone and showed me The Bear Who Came to Dinner. Naturally I obtained a copy for you. The Bear was employed […]
Irises for Bloomsday
June 16, 2009
Out and about on a warmish sunny day it was hard to miss the bright irises blooming all around the township. They’re popular in Eastport gardens and have been for a long time—Loraine Mottern included them in her Wilkinson Homestead garden restoration, and they look very cheery along the fence. The landscaping around the Torch […]
Letters from Katherine: A fine lady slipper
June 14, 2009
This from Katherine in this morning’s email: It seems that I am in a rut. A flower rut or rather a flower picture rut. But after last winter it’s so nice to see color I can’t help it. Not as exciting as a burning semi but…it is a fine lady slipper. I don’t know about […]
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
June 26, 2009
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